Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez | |
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 Nelson Mandela visiting the Fernandez family in New York, 1994. From left: Mandela, Abimbola, Atinuke, Aduke and Fernandez. | |
| Born | 12 August 1929 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Died | 1 September 2015 (aged 86) Belgium |
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| Years active | 1966–2015 |
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Oloye Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez of Dudley (12 August 1929 – 1 September 2015) was a Nigerian billionaire,[1] business magnate and diplomat, a Pan-African leader and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations.[2] He was considered one of the richest men in Africa.[3]
In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, he held the title of the Apesin Ola of the Egba clan of Yorubaland. Meanwhile, in Scotland, Chief Fernandez was also entitled to use the courtesy territorial designation "of Dudley" as part of his formal name due to his being a feudal baron.[4][5][6]
- ^ Carrie Coolidge (January 9, 2018). "Live Like A Billionaire In This Waterfront Mansion In New York". Forbes. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
- ^ "Billionaire Dehinde Fernandez Loses Another Wife". global excellence online. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "The mystery of £170,000, smear rumours and Nelson Mandela". The guardian News. 22 May 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Life and times of Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez". guardian.ng. 13 September 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Court of Lord Lyon - mygov.scot". www.mygov.scot.
- ^ Adam, F. & Innes of Learney, T. (1952). The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (4th ed.). Edinburgh & London: W. & A.K. Johnston Limited. p. 401 ("Scottish law and nobiliary practice, like those of many other European realms, recognise a number of special titles, some of which relate to chiefship and chieftaincy of families and groups as such, others being in respect of territorial lairdship. These form part of the Law of Name which falls under the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and are recognised by the Crown. [...] As regards these chiefly, clan, and territorial titles, by Scots law each proprietor of an estate is entitled to add the name of his property to his surname, and if he does this consistently, to treat the whole as a title or name, and under Statute 1673 cap. 47, to subscribe himself so").